City of Vancouver Urban Farm Guidelines

These guidelines have been prepared to assist the development of safe, neighbourly and productive urban farms and create a more sustainable food system for Vancouver. Urban farming will improve the resilience of Vancouver’s food systems in accordance with the vision, principles and goals defined in the Vancouver Food Strategy and the Greenest City Action Plan which calls for an increase of urban farms to improve economic, social and environmental objectives. The guidelines are to be used in conjunction with the Zoning and Development By-law and the License By-law.

The purpose of the guidelines is to assist both urban farm applicants to apply as well as City staff to evaluate applications by:
(a) Providing details on suitability of urban farms in Vancouver; and
(b) Ensuring that urban farms meet City policy and regulations. from Urban farm Guidelines, City of Vancouver  http://vancouver.ca/people-programs/growing-food-for-sale.aspx

From City of Vancouver Urban Farm Guidelines, 2016